The UN Charter is very clear and explicit. It says that either the threat or use of force is illegitimate unlss it is self-defense against attack. If some country invades you, until the Security Counsel can act, you are allowed to defend yourself. aIso other cases, use of force is legitmate … Read full post »

A while back Alan Greenspan gave a speech in which he talked about the enormous achievements of market capitalism and consumer choice. He give a list of examples. The Internet was the main one. It was developed for thirty years at public expense, with most of the ideas, initiatives and creativity,… Read full post »

Indeed, Israel does torture, according to international standards. They are constantly condemned for this by human right groups. Furthermore, they use it consistently. Arab prisoners who are often kept in adminstrative detention whithout charge are routinely tortured under interrogation. You can read… Read full post »

Ocassionally, when I venture beyond  the freindly confines of the left, I am accosted by people who don't share my aversion for the big corporations and their CEO's.

"What have you got against capitalism?" I am asked, accusingly. Sometimes there's a follow up query: " Would you rather live under… Read full post »

Racial oppression emerged in Anglo-America as a Strategy for capitalist control of the labouring class.  What is unique to the world of modern capitalism is the idea that there are physcially distinct races of humans with  radically differnt charcteristics and attibutes.

If we look at the a… Read full post »

Capitalism is a contradictory system since what is apprently rational at the level of the individul unit (in this case the corporation) is demonstably irrational for human society as a whole. Ruthless, competitive, cost-cutting behaviour is generally the only way for the owner and managers of a capit… Read full post »

Nowhere, perhaps,  do relations of racial  and gender oppresssion converge so clearly as in the global sex trade. After all, this industry operates primarily to provide the bodies of young women of colour to wealthy male clientele of tourists and business travelers from the west.

While pros… Read full post »